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he joins us as well as ivan watson from ukraine. this is a story that he and 360 have been reporting on extensively. we start things off with carissa ward and her interview. reporter: john, he was keen to tell us that this is really just the first step in what promises to be a long journey. the arrest warrants that were given out today for president putin and also the russian height commissioner for children, these are just the first two, essentially. there may be more coming. there may be other areas that they will be exploring. there is no shortage of alleged war crimes that have taken place. the prosecutor s office that we hear from the icc have made multiple trips to ukraine, but they were keen really to stress the importance of this historic day. take a look. there are many different war crimes for potential war crimes that we have seen playing out in ukraine, whether it is the bombing of the theater in mariupol where people were sheltering, civilians were shelte ....
This has to be punished. for this, putin has to be imprisoned. to take him to international court, because what he has done is an international serious an awful crime. because thousands of people already died. they are innocent victims. we are glad that alayna can s who now lives in the united states under the ukraine program could once again join us for this historic day. thank you so much for joining us. you have been calling for vladimir putin to be punished and held accountable for the atrocities that happen in your country since the very beginning of the invasion. what are you feeling now after this announcement from the icc? i feel it is better later than never, so i welcome the decision. i also know the list of the crimes that putin has committed is much longer than we see. killed civilians. ....
Call a confirmation hearing in absence. and that would essentially allow for the evidence to be preserved in a judicial setting in a timely way, paving the way for some potential future trial. what they have seen traditionally, the icc, is that very rarely do people charged with war crimes actually come to face justice until those wars have reached an end, and whichever side is victorious gets to choose who ends up facing trial at the icc. what they want to do, at least with this possibility of the confirmation hearing, is ensure that that evidence is put out there in a timely manner. that victims of these alleged atrocities are still able to have their day in court, even if it might be quite some time before you would potentially see president vladimir putin appearing on trial, though, i think for the moment, that does ....
Libyan mob before he could be brought to justice. before the icc, war crimes were handled by special u.n. tribunals. including the high profile trial of the former yugoslav president for the mass killing of innocent people. i consider this tribunal forced tribunal and indictments forced indictments. it is illegal. reporter: he died in jail before his trial ended. the bosnian served military leader was indicted in 1995 but evaded arrest until 2011. the court found he was guilty of genocide. and in 2017 he began a lifetime prison sentence. sentences you to death by hanging. reporter: but it was of ....
With other states in ukraine. these crimes appear to have been committed. and one follows the evidence. the simple reality is that these crimes have not been hit in. any head of state of the five permanent members of the security council has had a warrant of arrest issued by independent and impartial judges. it should not give us any celebration. it is a matter of real regret that we have had to do this. the evidence compelled us to move in this manner. reporter: it is a historic moment, certainly. but will we ever see president putin in the dock? the president of the court made it very clear. lien partially without any political motivations or agendas. apply the law to facts that have been verified and independently collected. and rigorously analyzed. now, it is for others to decide whether or not arrest opportunities are available and if we should enforce them. ....